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2010.03.19 18:35:32

The best oxymoron I could think of...
Country default probabilities going up: Greece is in a bad shape, like Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Italy (PIGS)
City default probabilities going up: Milan, Birmingham (Alabama) are suing banks on the derivative trades they contracted in the past, which will be followed......

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   straddle | VIX | CLO | default
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2010.03.17 13:23:32

The VIX index is going slowly but steadily downwards, and it is now back at pre-Lehman Brothers bankruptcy levels. Quite an interesting sign, since the last time the VIX went down steadily, was in 2003, followed by the boom years fueled by the credit boom.
What the VIX is telling us is that the market......

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   economy | investment bank | volatility | VIX
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